Leviticus 21:9:4Lev.21.9.W4TAB
כִּ֥י
ki
“if”
- Transliteration
- KI
- Extended
- KEE
- IPA
- /kiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- if
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
KI
- phraseyour reading level
KI te-KHEL
- clause
u-VAT ISH ko-HEN KI te-KHEL liz-NOT
- sentence
u-VAT ISH ko-HEN KI te-KHEL liz-NOT et-a-VI-ha HI me-kha-LE-let ba-ESH tis-sa-REF
Exegesis
The protasis is marked by the conditional conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘if’, which governs the verb techel {תֵחֵל | tē-ḥêl} ‘begins’ plus infinitive construct liznot {לִזְנוֹת | liz-nōṯ} ‘to prostitute’ as a single verbal complex.
In context — Leviticus 21:9
And the daughter of any priest, if she begins to prostitute , she profanes her father; she shall be burned with fire .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 21:9:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 21:9, so the Hebrew word כִּ֥י (ki) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Lev.21.9.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.21.9.W4.S1) and character.